April Shooting Claims One Life

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A man who was shot after allegedly pointing a pistol at a security officer at a Coconut Grove Metrorail station has died, almost nine months after the shooting.

Javier Matos, 37, died Friday night at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was shot in the abdomen on April 28 by Officer Jenniff Morris, a security guard with Atlantis Corp.

Miami-Dade police said security officers had been at the Metrorail station investigating reports that a man was on the station platform, carrying what looked like a semiautomatic pistol. That is when officers said they found Matos.

Police said Morris asked Matos to surrender his gun, but he refused. Police said that Matos then pointed his gun at Morris, and Morris fired and shot Matos in the abdomen. Matos was taken to Jackson Memorial, where he remained in critical condition until his death.